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Technology
Boris Johnson to ban diesel and petrol cars earlier than expected

UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson has announced that he will be banning cars powered by diesel or petrol by 2035, five years earlier than the date that was previously given. This ban is part of a larger plan to tackle climate change and air pollution. These dates are just his targets, it is currently unknown if the government will manage to meet them.

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Mon Feb 03 - TheTelegraph
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Politics
Raytheon employee arrested for taking US missile defense data to China

An engineer that worked for Raytheon has been arrested for taking a laptop that contained important US missile defense secrets to China. He has repeatedly warned by his employer not to take the laptop and violated multiple laws by doing so. It is unclear if the Chinese government now has these secrets or not.

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Mon Feb 03 - ZDNet
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Entertainment
Stephen King leaves Facebook due to fake news

World-famous horror writer Stephen King has announced that he has quit Facebook due to the platform's tolerance of fake news and shady privacy practices. He remains active on Twitter and has completely deleted his Facebook account. Facebook has received a large amount of criticism for its lack of censorship, whereas Twitter no longer accepts political ads at all.

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Mon Feb 03 - CNN
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Sports
Burnley losing streak against Arsenal with disappointing draw

Burnley, after having lost their last 11 games against Arsenal, managed to end the streak with a 0-0 draw on Sunday. Both teams edged forward in the table with a point each. Arsenal has remained unbeaten in its last seven games although their performance against Burnley was criticized by fans for being uninspired.

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Mon Feb 03 - BBC
Players were forced to update their existing copies of the Warcraft 3 to the remake, image via Blizzard
Gaming
Warcraft 3 Reforged declared worst video game remake ever with Metacritic score

Warcraft 3 Reforged has attracted a large amount of controversy and has been widely criticized for being a terrible remake. The game received a Metacritic score of 0.5/10, making it the lowest ranking game on the entire website. Many claim Blizzard did not add most of the features they promised and that the remaster is rife with bugs and glitches.

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Mon Feb 03 - PCGamer
Palestinian Authority to end cooperation with Israel and US after Trump's Middle East peace deal announcement. Image via France24.
Politics
Palestinian Authority ends cooperation with US, Israel

After US President Donald Trump's recently announced Middle East peace deal drew widespread criticism from Middle Eastern countries, Palestinian president Mahmoud Abbas has announced that the Palestinian Authority, which cooperated with the US's CIA and Israeli forces over security and intelligence, will no longer be maintaining any relationship with the two countries.

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Sun Feb 02 - Reuters
The Sims 4 surpasses 20 million players, becomes longest running Sims game. Image via Somag News.
Gaming
The Sims 4 surpasses 20 million players

Developer Maxis's The Sims 4, part of the 20-year-old The Sims franchise, recently surpassed a landmark 20 million players despite being released in 2014. The Sims 4 has now become the longest running Sims game, with 6 years of supported gameplay and updates. The game follows a sandbox mechanic allowing players to help a user-determined group of simulated humans live their daily lives and satisfy their desires.

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Sun Feb 02 - PCGamer
Experiment at the University of Vienna cools particles down to the quantum limit. Image via Pioneering Minds.
Science
Groundbreaking experiment cools particle to the quantum limit

An experiment designed by Markus Aspelmeyer and his team of researchers at the University of Vienna has successfully cooled a nanoparticle to the quantum cooling limit, reaching the particle's ground state at a minimum temperature of twelve millionths of a Kelvin, through the precise use of an array of lasers to levitate the particle in a specially constructed cavity.

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Sun Feb 02 - ScienceNews
Star Trek: Picard is available to watch for free on YouTube for a limited time. Image via The Verge.
Entertainment
Star Trek: Picard's first episode available for free on YouTube

Star Trek: Picard, the CBS TV series following up Discovery, the latest installment to the Star Trek franchise, premiered on CBS's All Access streaming platform to good reviews, and the first episode of the season has now been made available for free on YouTube, though it is for a limited time and it is not clear when it will be taken offline.

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Sun Feb 02 - Cnet
Elon Musk releases an EDM track "Don't Doubt Ur Vibe" on Spotify and Soundcloud. Image via Hypebeast.
Entertainment
Elon Musk releases new song "Don't Doubt Ur Vibe"

Elon Musk, billionaire inventor and founder of aeronautics firm SpaceX and electric car company Tesla, currently the most valuable car manufacturer in the US, celebrated a year of success and an optimistic outlook for Tesla by releasing a new EDM song called "Don't Doubt Ur Vibe" on his Spotify and Soundcloud channels, his first since 2019's "RIP Harambe".

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Sun Feb 02 - TheVerge
Real estate executive Sandeep Mathrani to take position as new WeWork CEO. Image via Business Insider.
Business
Real estate businessman Mathrani joins WeWork as CEO

Sandeep Mathrani, a real estate executive who served as Brookfield Properties' CEO and has extensive experience in the industry, has been tapped as CEO after WeWork's co-founder Adam Neumann left the company in November, facing criticism due to unreliable management. Marcelo Claure will remain as executive chairman of the board.

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Sun Feb 02 - Reuters
Latest Whatsapp update will disable app on older devices. Image via The Independent.
Technology
New Whatsapp update will disable operation on older phones

The latest update to the world's most popular messaging app, Facebook-owned Whatsapp will prevent the app from working on older phones, which developers say is necessary to ensure user security. The app also does not function on Windows phones as of last December, and most users should be able to update their phone to ensure Whatsapp remains compatible with their devices.

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Sun Feb 02 - BBC
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Technology
EU to no longer ban facial recognition in public areas

The European Union has dropped the idea of banning the use of facial recognition technology in public areas. They revealed this in a new draft of a proposal that intends to regulate the use of AI technology in the future. The new AI regulations have mostly to do with high-risk areas such as transport and healthcare.

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Sun Feb 02 - Reuters
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Entertainment
Disney casts Owen Wilson in new Loki show

The new Loki show has found a new castmember with the casting of famous actor Owen Wilson. The character that Wilson will be playing has been kept a secret but it is possible that his character may feature in a future Marvel Cinematic Universe movie. The show will directly connect to the next Doctor Strange movie.

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Sun Feb 02 - Comicbook
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Science
330 million year old shark head found in worlds longest cave system

Scientists have found a 330 million-year-old shark head in a cave in Kentucky. The head was huge and scientists estimated the shark was around the size of a modern great white shark. The scientists have said that the cave system is rich in fossils and still needs to be properly explored.

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Sun Feb 02 - CBSNews
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Entertainment
Witcher season 2 to begin filming in February with four different directors

Season 2 of Netflix's 'The Witcher' series will begin in February as the show enters its final leg of pre-production. The season will feature four different directors, each of whom will presumably direct two back to back episodes. The show will be filmed mostly within the UK but will also go to Slovakia and the Czech Republic.

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Sun Feb 02 - WhatsOnNetflix
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Business
Zuckerberg announces Facebook will stand for freedom of expression even if it upsets people

Facebook creator and CEO Mark Zuckerberg has announced that the social media giant will stand for things like freedom of expression and encryption, even if it upsets a large number of people. He made this announcement in response to an increasing number of calls for censorship on the platform, saying that he had to 'draw the line somewhere'.

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Sun Feb 02 - CNN
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Politics
New Iraq Prime Minister met with mass protests

Mohammad Allawi has become the new Prime Minister of Iraq but the people of the country seem dissatisfied with this decision. Protests have broken out against the appointment all over the capital and in the Southern provinces, with the protestors calling for a complete overhaul of the country's political system.

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Sun Feb 02 - Aljazeera
The virus has caused 304 deaths in China, image via Getty Images
Politics
8 cases of Coronavirus reported in US, government to provide quarantine housing

There have been 8 cases of the coronavirus in the US as people are returning home from trips abroad. The government has announced that it will provide quarantined housing to any of those who have been infected. All travelers coming to the US from mainland China now have to undergo a special screening process.

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Sun Feb 02 - Reuters
The Palestinian President has refused to speak with Trump, image via Getty Images
Politics
Palestine has cut all ties with Israel and the US due to unfavorable peace plan

The Palestinian authorities have announced that they will no longer have any relations with either Israel or the US. This announcement came after Trump revealed his infamous Middle East peace plan that would give Israel complete control over the occupied lands. The security forces of all three countries will also no longer be cooperating.

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Sun Feb 02 - Reuters
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Sports
Manchester City manager claims he will be a failure unless he wins the Champions League

Pep Guardiola, Manchester City manager, has said that he knows that he will be considered a failure by the public if he does not win the ChampionsLeague this season. He said that despite the fact that his team had a great season last year, people still mention the fact that they did not win the Champions League.

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Sun Feb 02 - BBC
Sims 4 is one of the most popular games in the franchise, image via Electronic Arts
Gaming
Sims to get next gen installment in near future

Sims 4, a six-year-old massively popular game with around 20 million players worldwide, will be getting a next-generation installment according to EA CEO Andrew Wilson. He went on to say that the next Sims game will have a larger focus on social interaction and competition and will have online game modes.

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Sun Feb 02 - PCGamer
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Entertainment
Disney+ to publicly announce subscriber numbers for the first time

Disney is set to reveal its quarterly earnings on Tuesday and will also reveal how many subscribers their new streaming service Disney+ has received over the last few months. Many expect the number to be somewhere between 25 million to 30 million subscribers. They are also expected to announce to the closure of various theme parks due to the coronavirus.

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Sat Feb 01 - Variety
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International
Helicopter company that Kobe Bryant was using on the day of his death was not licensed to fly in bad weather

The helicopter company that owned the aircraft that crashed and led to the death of Basketball superstar Kobe Bryant, was not licensed to fly in bad weather conditions when there is low visibility. The helicopter also lacked some safety equipment that would warn the pilot if it got too close to the ground. Investigators are still looking into the exact cause of the crash.

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Sat Feb 01 - NBCNews
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Entertainment
Adam Sandler to continue to make Netflix movies according to a new deal

Hollywood superstar and filmmaker Adam Sandler has signed a new deal with Netflix and will be making four more films for the streaming platform. His previous deal with Netflix allowed him to make four films and his comedy special '100% Fresh'. HIs 2019 comedy Murder Mystery was one of the most popular films on the site last year.

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Sat Feb 01 - APNews